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Fiesta (1941 film)

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Director
  
LeRoy Prinz

Music director
  
Edward Ward

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

4.6/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Musical, Comedy, Romance

Costume design
  
William Travilla

Language
  
English

Fiesta (1941 film) movie poster

Writer
  
Cortland Fitzsimmons
,
Alfred Gilks
,
Kenneth Higgins

Release date
  
28 November 1941

Cast
  
Ann Ayars
(Cholita),
Jorge Negrete
(José (as George Negrete)),
Armida
(Cuca),
George Givot
(Fernando Gómez),
Antonio Moreno
(Don Hernandez, Cholita's Uncle)

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Tagline
  
A GLOROUS SPECTACLE OF GAYETY, COLOR AND SONG! Fiesta means fun in any language! It;s full of girls! It's full of laughs! It's Tecnicolorful to look at! It's a hit parade to hear!

Fiesta is a 1941 American Technicolor film directed by LeRoy Prinz that was one of Hal Roach's Streamliners. The film was the motion picture debut of the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera star Anne Ayars.

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The film was re-released in 1948 by Favorite Films and retitled Gaiety.

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Plot summary

Don Juan Hernández's niece Cholita returns to her village from Mexico City announcing she will not marry José, her village boyfriend, bur rather the radio star Fernando Gómez who has accompanied her home. José enlists two of his friends to pose as bandits to frighten the arrogant and cowardly Fernando and win Cholita back.

Cast

  • Ann Ayars as Cholita
  • Jorge Negrete as José
  • Armida as Cuca
  • George Givot as Fernando Gómez
  • Antonio Moreno as Don Hernandez, Cholita's Uncle
  • Nick Moro as Pedro
  • Frank Yaconelli as Pablo
  • George Humbert as Pancho
  • Francisco Moreno as Paco
  • Betty Bryson as Pancho's Wife
  • Carlos Valadez as Oaxoco Plume Dancer
  • José Arias as Leader of the Mexican Tipica Orchestra
  • The Guadalajara Trio as Band
  • Tipíca Orchestra of the Mexico City Police as Orchestra

    • Soundtrack

  • Ann Ayars - "I'll Never Forget Fiesta" (Music by Nilo Meléndez, lyrics by Chet Forrest and Bob Wright)
  • Jorge Negrete - "Ride Mi Caballeros"
  • Armida with The Guadalajara Trio - "Never Trust a Jumping Bean" (Music by Edward Ward, lyrics by Chet Forrest and Bob Wright)
  • Frank Yaconelli, Earl Douglas and Nick Moro - "The Two Bravest Hombres In All Mexico" (Written by Johnny Lange and Lew Porter
  • Jorge Negrete - "Quien Sabe" (Music by Edward Ward, lyrics by Chet Forrest and Bob Wright)
  • Jorge Negrete and Ann Ayars - "Quien Sabe" (reprise) (Music by Edward Ward, lyrics by Chet Forrest and Bob Wright)
  • Dancers and Tipíca Orchestra of the Mexico City Police, led by José Arias - Gypsy Dance
  • Jorge Negrete and The Guadalajara Trio - "El Relajo" (Written by Lamberto Leyva, Jesús Castillón and Oscar Felix)
  • Ann Ayars and The Guadalajara Trio - "La Golondrina" (Written by Narcisco Sarradell)

    • References

    Fiesta (1941 film) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA

    Fiesta (1941 film) IMDb Fiesta (1941 film) themoviedb.org


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